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Experimental demonstration of local area entanglement distribution between two distant nodes, coexisting with classical synchronization
Published
Author(s)
Anouar Rahmouni, Paulina Kuo, Yicheng Shi, Jabir Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, Nijil Lal Cheriya Koyyottummal, Ivan Burenkov, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mheni Merzouki, Abdella Battou, Sergey Polyakov, Oliver T. Slattery, Thomas Gerrits
Abstract
We successfully demonstrated polarization entanglement distribution and classical time synchronization using a high-accuracy precision time protocol between two quantum nodes located 250 meters apart using a single fiber simultaneously carrying both quantum and classical data
Proceedings Title
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2023)
Rahmouni, A.
, Kuo, P.
, Shi, Y.
, Marakkarakath Vadakkepurayil, J.
, Cheriya Koyyottummal, N.
, Burenkov, I.
, Li-Baboud, Y.
, Merzouki, M.
, Battou, A.
, Polyakov, S.
, Slattery, O.
and Gerrits, T.
(2023),
Experimental demonstration of local area entanglement distribution between two distant nodes, coexisting with classical synchronization, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2023), San Jose, CA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936425
(Accessed October 14, 2025)